Remote sensing of rivers : the emergence of a subdiscipline in the river sciences

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Description :
This article reports on the special issue of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms dedicated to remote sensing of rivers an emerging subdiscipline of river science. The 12 articles in the volume cover a broad spectrum of applications that use a variety of platforms and sensors, ranging from photogrammetric mapping of riffle-pool morphology beneath forest canopy using a camera mounted on a hand held pole to satellite-based synthetic radar mapping of subcontinental scale hydrology of large rivers. In this overview each of the 12 articles is briefly summarized. Based on these works and other research, it is concluded that the time for more widespread application of river remote sensing techniques is now.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2010, vol. 35, n°. 15, p. 1867-1872, nombre de pages : 6, Références bibliographiques : 20 ref.

Date :
2010

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley